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HA NAM GETS APPROVAL OF REVISED INDUSTRIAL ZONE PLANNING
The Prime Minister has given the nod to several revisions to the development planning of industrial zones in Ha Nam province by 2020. Specifically, the PM approved the expansion of the Dong Van I and II industrial parks to 371ha and 339ha, up 162ha and 18ha, respectively.
The area of the Chau Son industrial zone will be increased by 42.5ha, while the southwestern industrial cluster of Phu Ly city will be merged into the Chau Son industrial zone.
The location of Liem Phong IP will be changed and it will be merged with the Kien Khe industrial cluster under the new name of Thanh Liem IP, with a total area of 293ha.
The Dong Van III industrial park will be expanded to 523ha from the current 300ha. The location of the Liem Can-Thanh Binh industrial zone will be adjusted and renamed Thai Ha industrial zone.
The Prime Minister assigned the provincial People’s Committee to implement the adjustment to land use planning by 2020 and a land use plan in the last phase (2016-2020) in accordance with legal regulations.
The committee was also required to speed up construction of accommodations for workers and welfare works for labourers at industrial zones to ensure living and working conditions for them.
Source: VIR
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